Description

Dash 8-300 Professional is an add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002. The Dash is a twin-engined commuter aircraft made by Bombardier (DeHavilland Canada). This add-on gives the player two versions of the aircraft, the DHC-8-300 and the DHC-8-Q300 in seventeen different liveries. The Active Cockpit displays instrument labels and readings when the player's mouse hovers over them.

Also included are three enhanced airports:

London City (England),

Frankfurt (Germany), and

Amsterdam Schiphol (The Netherlands)

and three additional programs;

Panel Config: which allows the player to modify the cockpit panel.

Load Edit: which allows the player to set different loads for the aircraft, for example adjusting the number of passengers and the amount of baggage they carry.

Virtual Cockpit Switcher: Switches the cockpit mode between Active and Static. Players using Windows 98 are advised to use the static mode

In addition to the printed manual there is further documentation on the CD in .pdf format;

The flight manual comes in three parts, Part 1 is a nine-page description of the aircraft.

Part 2 of the flight manual contains 16 pages of charts and tables such as the pre-flight, in-flight and post-flight checklists, climb rates for one & two engines etc.

Part 3 of the flight manual is a 67-page document covering the pilot's flight panel and its instrumentation.